Maine Memory Network

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"… been rebuilt several times because of fire and water damage; as of 2009 only the second floor resembles the design of the original building."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Overview

"… on their walk, learning about the change in water levels, the end of the death penalty, and more."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Davenport Memorial and City Hall

"… Bath Police Department has its own building on Water Street at Elm Street. In the bell tower, there is the 1802 bell that was probably cast by Paul…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5

"… first saw mills and develop the water power that flows out of Lake Webb, down Webb River, and enters at its confluence with the Androscoggin River…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Building Boom and Piers above the Falls

"… slanted side faced the current to deflect the ice flow. The piers were the anchors for the booms. The booms were tree-length spruce logs, chained…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"1914Patten Free Library Vine & Water Streets, Bath, 1986Patten Free Library As Bath evolved, the intersection at Centre and Washington changed."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Industry

"Industry The presence of good water flow volume along the Madawaska Stream enabled Stockholm to become the industrial center of the Colony."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Savage Family of Mount Desert

"… Massachusetts at nearby Harbor Brook where it flows into the ocean just north of Bear Island. Their children, including son John II in 1801, were…"

Great Cranberry Island Historical Society

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"In time, the rush of flowing water finished cutting a channel wide enough and deep enough to accommodate larger ships."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"1905 At Somesville, the presence of flowing water meant that mills, such as this lumber mill, could be sited there."

Lincoln, Maine - Ferries

"… twenty minutes, more or less, depending on the flow of the current and how high or low the river was."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"… the farm, which gave Rowe entire control of the flow. He later built a stone dam down stream to create Red Rock Pond."

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… proved inadequate to carry off the torrential flow, the highway base began to crumble under the pressure… Mattanawcook Stream, within a few…"

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"Here, water flowed slowly in a southerly direction and the area was very wet. The road gradually rose towards Walnut Hill, following the swell of…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Ebb and Flow "What is good for Dow is good for Bangor." Robert N. Haskell, 1959 Despite its best efforts, the United States could no longer avoid…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… with teachers, classes and maintaining an even flow in the classroom. About the same time, it was apparent that schools had no measure of academic…"